Adhesive-plaster container.



0. C. SCHULZ. ADHESIVE PLSTER CONTAINER. APPucATloN man 1AN.2. 1914.

Patented Jan. 2, 1917.

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OTTO C. SCHULZ, 0F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR T0 BAUER & BLACK, OF CHICAGO,

Y ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

DHESIVE-PLASTER CONTAINER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 2, 19117..

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, O'r'ro C. SCHULZ, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Adhesive-Plaster Containers, of which the following is a speciiication.

My invention relates in general to con'- tainers for rolled articles and has more particular reference to containers for adhesive plaster bandage rolls and the like.

rlhe object of this invention is to provide a container for adhesive plaster bandages and the like which will protect the bandage and keep it in a sanitary condition and also permit the ready removal of such lengths of the bandage as may be required at any time.

To avoid the necessity of carrying a supply of bandages of different widths it is the custo-m of many athletes, athletic trainers, surgeons and other persons having frequent use for adhesive plaster bandages to carry with them a roll of this material of width equal to the maximum width of strip they may need, narrower strips being obtained by unrolling the desired length from the roll and slitting it longitudinally to provide a stripof the required width. The'unwound material remaining, after the removal of this strip, is then rewound on the roll for subsequent use.

A further object ofthe invention is the provision of a container which, when open,

will permit the lingers of a user to grasp the roll of material carried thereby and rewind onto the roll any unused portions of the maerial for future use.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a container for adhesive plaster bandages and the like from which the loose end of the roll of material carried thereby may be readily recovered, should this end be inadvertently dropped within the container.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a container which will be provided with means for the cutting of the material forming the roll and which will ordinarily retain the end of the material of the roll without the interior after a piece has been cut off and until such time as more material is desired.

Other objects and, advantages of the invention will be apparent as it is better understood from the following description when considered in connection with the accompanying drawing illustratingpreferred embodiment thereof.

.On the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a container embodying my invention showing a portion of adhesive plaster bandage being cut by the cutting means provided; Fig. 2 is a similar view of the container showing the same in open position; Fig. 3 is a circumferential sectional view through the container with the parts arranged as in Fig. 1; Fig. l is a partial cir-l cumferential sectional view showing the con# tainer fully opened; Fig. 5 is a partial transverse sectional view of the container.

Referring to the drawings, reference numerals 7 and S indicate, respectively, two flat circular side walls of the container and reference numeral 9 a spindle connecting said side walls and maintaining them in spaced relation. hUpon this spindle a roll of bandage 11 is loosely and rotatably mount-I ed. About the edge of each side wall and on its inner face is provided a circular groove 12 in which the adjacent edges of a two-part cylindrical wall are disposed. These grooves are provided in the present instance by bending the edges back upon themselves in the form of beads 18. The two parts 14 and 15 of the cylindrical wall are appropriately dimensioned to permit them to overlap when the. container is closed as shown in Fig. 3. The parts 14 and 15 are engaged with both side walls 7 and 8 of the container, the outer part 14 being rigidly connected with the wall 8 and slidably connected with the wall 7 by an outwardly Hanging edge 14 which engages in the groove extending outwardly'into the bead 13, and the inner part 15 being rigidly fastened to the wall 7 along one edge 7 and having the other edge 15 bent inwardly and engaged in the'groove extending inwardly in the bead 13 of the wall 8. When constructed in this manner the spindle 9 is reinforced by this interlocking engagement between the two parts 14: and 15 of the cylindrical wall and the two side walls 7 and 8. Although good results may be obtained by constructing the parts of the cylindrical wall of substantially equal circumferential lengths I prefen to make the part 14 disposed adjacent the outer side of the grooves somewhat shorter than the part 15 disposed adjacent located at 18 just rearwardly of bandage extends the inner side fora purpose which will hereinafter appear.

The tw'o parts 14 and 15 of the cylindrical wall, when arranged as shown in Fig. 3,

substantially seal the interior of the con-v needs with a single bandage of the maxi-- mum width which they may require, the narrower widths being obtained by withdrawing a portion of the bandage, cutting it longitudinally to obtain a portion having the desired width and then rewinding the remaining material upon the roll by inserting the fingers through the opening in the cylindrical wall and rotating the roll. This arrangement also provides against the inconvenience occasioned by the inadvertent dropping of the end of the roll within a permanently closed container as a container embodying my present invention may be readily opened and the end recovered.

A cutting edge, formed in the present in.- stance of a plurality of serrations 16 may be provided along one of the straight edges of the parts 14 and 15, this edge preferably being located along the edge of the outer part under which the adjacent edge of the inner part slides to close the container. The movement of the container may be limited in each direction by the provision of a singlel stop 17 formed by stamping from the part 14 an ear inwardly of the container into posltion to alternately contact with the edges of the inner part 15 when it is moved fromcl'osed to open position and from open to closed position. This stop is the edge provided with the serrations 16. en constructed in this manner a portion of the bandage may be removed from the container by opening it, unwinding the bandage and closing the container, so that the between the overlapping edges ofthe two parts 14 and 15 of the cylindrical wall with a desired amount of material disposed beyond the serrations 16. A pull of the bandage back against these serpreferablyl 'tions being flanged to interlockin gage within the beads on the respective side rations Will serve to cut off the required amount, leaving the end of the unused mate- `the container so as to unwind in the direction of angular movement of the inner part in closing, so that, when the container is closed preparatory to cutting olf a piece of bandage the sticky side of the bandage will lay against the outer face of the inner part. When the container is opened this end Yis therefore in position to be readily grasped by the operator preparatory to the removal of a subsequently desired amount. Unless the inner part 15 of the cylindrical wall be longer than the outer part, the rear edge of the outer part will extend beyond the front edge of the inner 'part when the container is fully opened. This arrangement is not believed to be desirable as in such an event the edge of the bandage will be disposed between these two walls when the container is opened from whence it may only be removed by sliding the walls to partially closed position to permit access to the end1 of the bandage adhering to the inner wa It is apparent that various changes may be made in the form of the container, and construction and arrangement of its parts without departing'from the spirit and scope of the invention or sacrilicing any of its advantages, the forms hereinbefore described being merely preferred embodiments thereof.

I claim:

The combination of an adhesive plaster roll and-a container therefor consisting of a pair of side walls, each provided with a central opening and a hollow bead adjacent its periphery forming a circumferential groove, a hollow spindle disposed through said openings and arranged to prevent separating of said side walls, and a cylindrical end wall comprising two relatively movable sections, one edge of each of said sections being secured to opposite side walls a'nd the free edges of said secgly en- Walls.

' OTTO C. SCHULZ, Witnesses:

F. WAKErmLD,

T. ELAND. 

